This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
(Perlach, Augsburg marketplace in 1550, Heinrich Vogtherr II (1513-1568), via Creative Commons)
Strained Coexistence, Theocracy and Religious Politics
A Time of Church and State
The Protestant Reformations...
Cassius Dio (Greco-Roman statesman and historian, c. 163-235)
"Most men are not kept within the bounds of moderation by mere admonition, or even by example;...
Sir Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
"Never till now were great communities afforded such ample means of measuring their approaching agony. Never have they seemed less...
